Revised Version 1895

2 Kings 6:24-27

24And itcameH1961topassH1961afterאַחֲרֵי־'a.cha.rei-H310this, thatBen-hadadH1130kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofSyriaאֲרָ֖ם'a.RamH758gatheredוַיִּקְבֹּ֛ץvai.yik.BotzH6908allכָּל־kol-H3605hishostמַחֲנֵ֑הוּma.cha.Ne.huH4264, andwentH5927upH5927, and besiegedSamariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃sho.me.RonH8111.

25And there was agreatגָּדוֹל֙ga.dOlH1419famineרָעָ֤בra.'AvH7458inSamariaבְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹןbe.Sho.me.RonH8111: and,beholdוְהִנֵּ֖הve.hi.NehH2009, they besieged it,untilעַ֣ד'adH5704an ass’sheadרֹאשׁ־rosh-H7218wassoldH1961for fourscore pieces ofsilverכֶּ֔סֶףKe.sefH3701, and thefourthוְרֹ֛בַעve.Roa'H7255partעָלֶ֑יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921of akabהַקַּ֥בha.KavH6894of dove’s dung forfiveבַּחֲמִשָּׁה־ba.cha.mi.shah-H2568pieces ofsilverכָֽסֶף׃Kha.sefH3701.

26And as thekingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478waspassingעֹבֵ֖ר'o.VerH5674byuponעַל־'al-H5921thewallהַחֹמָ֑הha.cho.MahH2346, therecriedצָעֲקָ֤הtza.'a.KahH6817awomanוְאִשָּׁ֗הve.'i.ShahH802unto him,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,Helpהוֹשִׁ֖יעָהho.Shi.'ahH3467, mylordאֲדֹנִ֥י'a.do.NiH113, Okingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

27And hesaidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559,Ifא֥וֹ'oH176theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068doH408notH408helpיוֹשִׁעֵ֣ךְyo.shi.'EkhH3467thee, whence shall Ihelpאֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֑ךְ'o.shi.'EkhH3467thee?outהֲמִן־ha.min-H4480of the threshing-floor, oroutמִן־min-H4480of thewinepressהַיָּֽקֶב׃hai.Ya.kevH3342?

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